1: to plunge into something (as a fluid) that surrounds or covers2: to become completely involved in

How do you use it?

The user manual warned against immersing the mixer in water, recommending that it be wiped clean instead.

Are you a word wiz?

Which one of these words do you think shares a root word with "immerse"?

A. mermaid

B. emerge

C. immediate

D. measure

"Immerse" comes from the Latin verb "mergere," which means "to plunge." The opposite of "plunging into" something is to rise from something or to otherwise come out into view. That is the meaning of "emerge," which also has "mergere" as its root. To become "submerged," is to go underwater or become covered by water or a similar substance. And, without any prefix attached to "mergere," we get the verb "merge," meaning "to be or cause to be swallowed up or absorbed in something else," or "to combine or unite."